I just purchased this book at our Scholastic Book Fair, Oh Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Disgusting. I can't keep it on my bookcase in the class.
What a great idea for sharing nonfiction. Thanks for the great tip. Lucinda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Short non fiction text for middle school > > In terms of appealing, short nonfiction, I often use excerpts from Oh > Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Disgusting and the > counterpart for history. High appeal, strongly informative, lots of voice > and craft. These texts would make good resources > for selective photocopying. > > Lori > > On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:35 , Carol Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sent: > >>Hi, all, >> >>As we look deeper into our curriculum, we realize that we are not >>explicitly teaching non fiction text structure, especially compare/ >>contrast, cause effect etc. Research states that if students can >>identify text structure, they are better able to comprehend the text. >> >>I looked at the Write time for Kids and Exploring Non fiction from >>Teacher Created Materials. But they don't seem to meet the above needs. >> >>Do any of you have an anthology type that would cover the above >>benchmarks? We are trying to not review all of our anthologies, but >>hoped that we could find it in one place. >> >>Thanks, >>Carol >>LA Content Specialist >>La Grange, Il >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Mosaic mailing list >>[email protected] >>To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >>Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/794 - Release Date: 5/8/2007 > 2:23 PM > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
